AM Announcements - March 24

AM Announcements

March 24, 2009

1. Today is Day 127.

2. It is the mission of Speas Elementary School to provide its students with the tools necessary to successfully meet the challenges they will face in a diverse world.

3. Calendar items for this week:

Tuesday: March 24

3rd Quarter EOQ testing
AR Benchmarks due to Ms. Fussell

Mary Starling Concert - Grade 5 - 11:00 AM departure

Review of Final Evaluation Write-up with Ms. Bigham - 7:30-8:30 - Reichert

Wednesday: March 25
3rd Quarter EOQ testing
Raleigh Field Trip - Grade 4

Thursday: March 26
3rd Quarter EOQ testing

Friday: March 27

Dollar Dress Down Day
Box Tops for Education Collected
BeHealthy School Kids video - Time TBA
Second Grade Field Trip - on campus

Saturday: March 28

Saturday Tutoring for 3rd and 5th grade students - 8:30-11:30

4. At the end of each day, please do the following:

a. CLOSE ALL BLINDS

b. TURN OFF ALL MONITORS and COMPUTERS (CPU's)

5. Since next week is a short week, there will be no need to do a newsletter.

6. Upcoming dates for your calendar:

a. April 1-3 Spring Break
b. April 7-9 - AR Celebrations

c. April 10 - Easter Holiday

d. April 13 - Report Cards go home
e. April 15 - Cultural Fair
f. April 17 - Honor Roll Assembly
g. April 17 - Career Day

7. AR Benchmarks are due to Ms. Fussell today.

8. Fifth Grade students attend the Mary Starling Concert today.

9. April 9 is the next early release day for classified employees. Classified employees should come to work at 7:30 and depart at 2:30 PM.

10. All full-time teachers must complete the Teacher Notification of Intent prior to April 17. This is very easy. Just go to the Employees page of the WS/FCS web site and follow these directions:
a. Under the “Administration” heading, click on the link for “WSFCS Administrative Resources”
b. In the left hand column under “Employee Related Data Entry”, click on the 9th link down "Teacher Notification of Intent Decisions”

c. Log in like you would to register for a workshop

d. Click on “Enter/Edit Teacher Notification of Intent”

11. Third and Fifth grade teachers should remind their tutoring students that the next tutoring Saturday is this weekend, March 28.

12. It appears that WS/FCS may use a portion of the stimulus money we receive for summer programs. These could be at any grade level. I am open to any ideas that would benefit our students and help them make the most progress possible

13. The bus for fifth grade to attend the Mary Starling concert will depart from Speas at 11:00 AM. The bus number is 216. Classes will ride back from the concert on the same bus.

14. A reporter will be here tonight to interview the two girls who started the A's and Bees tutoring program. Please encourage your 2-5 grade students to attend so the reporter will see a good crowd.

15. Ms. Bigham will be here this morning from 7:30-8:30 to go over her final eavlauation write-up with me.

16. Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night.
Edgar Allan Poe (1809 - 1849), "Eleonora"

I don't care what is written about me so long as it isn't true.
Dorothy Parker (1893 - 1967)

It is not a bad idea to get in the habit of writing down one's thoughts. It saves one having to bother anyone else with them.
Isabel Colegate

Cynically speaking, one could say that it is true to life to be cynical about it.
Paul Tillich (1886 - 1965), The Courage to Be